To our Auckland region customers: Broadcasters are close to launching eight new free-to-air television channels in your region: Southern Cross TV, Shine TV, V1, V2, V3, V4, V5 and V6. In preparation, we will be adding them to your TiVo's Channel List.

These channels will not have Program Guide data available until their official release, which will be on a date yet to be announced by the broadcaster.

Well, unfortunately, I've had 3 forced channel rescans in the last week or so. When I get the associated message and select the "Check Channels" message it forces a re-scan - or did so the first and last time. The second time, it just added the new channels and deleted all my existing ones. Until doing the rescan, I found that my existing channel list had been deleted and so I had lost all my scheduled recordings since the arrival of the message. On the first and third occasions, I also found that my entire recording list, including all Season Passes had been deleted. All this for 8 new channels with carrier only and no signals or EPG data. What a crock! Anyone else have this happen? - or was I just being punished for a non-approved upsizing of my internal hard drive? I think I'm going to have to leave my Ethernet disconnected, except for a weekly plug-in to update the EPG - unless someone can suggest an alternative. Bah.

As old3eyes said - they have been there for a couple of months. They show up on my Zinwell and Panasonic TV - so they do appear on certified boxes (Auckland/Waitakere).

What you may find is you have to go up through the channels to get at them - they dont show in the EPG but (for example) the zinwell has a list button that shows the channels - you can select them from that. The Panasonic you just have to use the channel up button and go past the regular channels.

They did have Arirung (Korean - english service) and NHK (Japan - english) early on - but think they have only the non english channels now.

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself - A. H. Weiler

Can you guys confirm which transmitter you are getting these signals from as I'm not seeing anything off Waiatarua at the moment.

Steve

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat New Zealand as a Solution Architect for all things Linux, Virtual and of course Cloud. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.

They appear to be there on CH50 off the SkyTower. Not sure if they're transmitting off the Waiatarua Transmitter though (my reception of Freeview off waiatarua (atleast the TVNZ mux) is quite weak though)

I assumed (wrongly, I now think) that I was getting these new channels from Waiatarua, but I see they're on 706MHz - not a frequency that I have as an Auckland listing. Signal level is about 68, as compared with the low 80s I get on my Waiatarua signals. Pinehill is on the back of my aerial and Skytower is at about 8 o'clock. (...and no, I'm not clambering up onto my roof to go aerial rotating to investigate further where my infill reception is coming from!)

I have been getting the same problem for the last few weeks now and it's driving me insane. Having to re-programme all your shows on the Season Pass Manager it's not fun at all. Hopefully these Channel Line-up Change messages will end soon.

PimpMyMagic: Well, unfortunately, I've had 3 forced channel rescans in the last week or so. When I get the associated message and select the "Check Channels" message it forces a re-scan - or did so the first and last time. The second time, it just added the new channels and deleted all my existing ones. Until doing the rescan, I found that my existing channel list had been deleted and so I had lost all my scheduled recordings since the arrival of the message. On the first and third occasions, I also found that my entire recording list, including all Season Passes had been deleted. All this for 8 new channels with carrier only and no signals or EPG data. What a crock! Anyone else have this happen? - or was I just being punished for a non-approved upsizing of my internal hard drive? I think I'm going to have to leave my Ethernet disconnected, except for a weekly plug-in to update the EPG - unless someone can suggest an alternative. Bah.